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Bioconvection is a fascinating pattern forming phenomenon driven by the swimming activity of microbes. There is a common belief that bioconvection has a positive effect on the whole microbial population by aerating deep layers in the suspension. In order to detect such a biological benefit, we performed experiments with several strains of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis of different swimming capabilities. Bioconvection is a robust phenomenon, we observed it at numerous strains in different growth phases. Nevertheless data evaluation has not revealed a similarly robust positive effect on population growth.
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Jánosi, I.M., Czirók, A., Silhavy, D., Holczinger, A. (2003). Jamming Bacterial Traffic: Bioconvection. In: Fukui, M., Sugiyama, Y., Schreckenberg, M., Wolf, D.E. (eds) Traffic and Granular Flow’01. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10583-2_60
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